| HB46 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently the law requires that any person convicted of a crime identified under the section identifying sexual offenses, or offenses relating to children and incompetents must submit to DNA testing. The DNA testing is compiled and stored in the stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-22
Tabled in Committee |
| HCR13 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 22, 2017, as Rare Disease Day in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HJR3 | Pass | This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-22
Signed by Governor |
| HCR15 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution commends the 2017 Delaware State Teacher of the Year, Wendy Turner, and all of the District Teachers of the Year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR12 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution encourages all Delaware departments and agencies to consider citizens with visual impairments when developing, maintaining, procuring, or using electronic information and technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB37 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would require the same super-majority vote to amend a provision that results in the act's expiration on a certain date, also known as a "sunset" provision, as was required to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB29 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes several changes to the law governing the conduct of members of the General Assembly, as a first step to addressing the troubling ethics scores Delaware received in the 2015 State Integrity Investigation by the Center for Public Integri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB50 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act seeks to ensure that every public school in the State has a school nurse. This Act provides a mechanism to allow a district or a charter school that currently does not have a school nurse to receive state funds. This Act also permits a distr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB22 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes a 20 year retirement for correction officers and specified peace officers. The bill amends the multiplier for calculation of state employee pension benefits for correction officers and specified peace officers from either 1.85%,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB33 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is a companion to Senate Bill No. 34. Senate Bill No. 34, in pertinent part, eliminates several aggravating factors under Delaware's controlled substances laws. This Act retains and codifies one of those aggravating factors, § 4751A(1)e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| SCR3 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution proclaims the month of April 2017 as Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SB34 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act addresses issues identified following the enactment of the Ned Carpenter Act, 78 Del. Laws, ch. 13, in 2011. Specifically, Sections 1 through 14 of this Act do the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| HB79 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this Act updates Delawares existing Motor Voter Program to adopt an automatic voter registration process. Currently, when Delawareans apply for, renew, or replace a drivers license or identification card, they must choose to register to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HCR10 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2017 as Eye Donor Month in Delaware and recognizes the 60th anniversary of the Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HR6 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the week of March 12th through March 18th, 2017, as Sunshine Week in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB14 | Intro
Sine Die | Under current Delaware law, every adult operating or riding a motorcycle is required to have a helmet in his or her possession while operating or riding a motorcycle and every person up to 19 years of age must wear a helmet. This Act requires that ev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
Tabled in Committee |
| HCR11 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution proclaims March 17, 2017 as "Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Awareness Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HR5 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution extends the due date of the final report of the Task Force to Review and Recommend Noise Control Laws in the State of Delaware from January 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SR7 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating To The Roll Of The Members Of The Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SR8 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution adds the Veterans Affairs Committee to the list of standing committees contained in Senate Rule 19 of Senate Resolution No. 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB44 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires a landlord to obtain from a tenant seeking to rent or renew a lease of a lot in a manufactured housing community a paper or electronic copy of the manufactured home's title or an original, signed statement from the tenant affir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
Reported Out of Committee (Manufactured Housing) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB33 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill adds the Department of Correction, Bureau of Prisons and Bureau of Community Corrections' vehicles to the list of "authorized emergency vehicles" identified in Chapter 41 of Title 21 that are afforded certain privileges when r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB27 | Intro
Sine Die | Subchapter III, Chapter 68, Title 7 of the Delaware Code (Subchapter III) was originally enacted in 1982. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1791 (Bill Emerson Act). The Bill Emerson Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
Amendment HA 1 to HB 27 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB72 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act would remove the broad exemption that the University of Delaware and Delaware State University currently receive under the state Freedom of Information Act. In recognition of the sensitive nature of some records held by public universities, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Administration Committee |
| SB16 | Pass | This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2017 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to 1) authorize the expenditure of prior year Community Redevelopment Funds for public safety purposes in the City of Wilmington; 2) clarify the applicability of prevailing wage p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-03
Signed by Governor |
| HJR1 | Pass | This Joint Resolution designates Sheri J. Knott as Bill Clerk of the House of Representatives and Dolores Michels as Assistant Bill Clerk of the House of Representative to serve at the pleasure of the House of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB13 | Pass | This Act continues the reforms enacted over the past 4 years by restructuring Chapter 11 of Title 12, and adopting in substance many provisions from the 2016 Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission. In additio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-02
Signed by Governor |
| HJR2 | Pass | This joint resolution rejects the report of the Delaware Compensation Commission in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB8 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes the Wilmington city auditor an elected position beginning with the 2018 election. This Act also provides for the city auditor to serve a 4 year term and for vacancies in the office to be filled by Wilmington city council. Additionally,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| HCR7 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the Easterseals/ CAI Volleyball Challenge occurring February 24-26, 2017, at William Penn High School, an event that raises funds for an organization providing services and support to Delawareans with disabilities or specia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB54 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill imposes a cap on the interest rate that may be charged for alternative financial services at an annual rate of interest of 100%. Alternative financial services is a term sometimes used for payday loans, installment loans, and other credit p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB60 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates the right for the parent or guardian of a child to opt out of the annual assessment, currently the Smarter Balanced Assessment System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Education Committee |
| HB59 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that all journeyperson applicants of sufficient age who successfully complete any apprenticeship program approved by the Board, and successfully pass the final exam associated with the Board approved program, should be treated equ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| HCR5 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution extends the due date of the findings and recommendations report of the Task Force to Review Financial Management Procedures of Volunteer Fire Companies from January 31, 2017 to February 28, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SCR2 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution continues the Motorcycle Rider Education Advisory Committee, which must meet at least quarterly to monitor the Motorcycle Rider Education Program, and assess the future needs of and recommend improvements to the Prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR9 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes February 2017 as African American History Month. It also requests the Governor issue a proclamation declaring the same and encouraging State agencies and all Delawareans to observe the occasion with appropr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 ABSENT |
| SCR4 | Engross
Sine Die | Designating February 6, 2017 as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Delaware
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB18 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-24
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB12 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides State funding to kindergarten through third grade for basic special education. State funding already occurs for intensive and complex special education during these grades. Currently the basic special education funding runs from fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HCR3 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 2017 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HCR4 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution proclaims January 22 through 28, 2017 as National School Choice Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HCR1 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution designates the week of February 18-25, 2017 as FFA Week in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-17
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT |
| HB25 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB15 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2018 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-12
To Senate Capital Improvement Committee |
| SCR1 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing For A Joint Session Of The House And Senate For The Purpose Of Announcing The Vote For Governor And Lt. Governor Of The State Of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-11
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HR3 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Temporary Rules Of The House Of Representatives Of The 149th General Assembly Of The State Of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-10
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HR1 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To The Election Of The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-10
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HR2 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To The Election Of Officers Of The House Of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-10
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SR2 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating To The Rules Of The Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-10
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO |
| SR1 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating To The Roll Of The Members Of The Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-10
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
